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w. bush and eliminated funding for president obama's top education program program the race to the top but they quadrupled funding for abstinence only education why is it that the republicans are against paying for science teachers and and in favor of pain for abstinence education which doesn't even work i don't get out of you know the solution every time i see this debated you know this is every couple years oh look at the test scores look at this look at the performance of these schools the solution let's throw more money at it and republicans democrats go back and forth and what are the well one eight but we do great schools but again we're not we're talking about a mythological period of time here i'm sorry really all sixty seventy s these were not a mythological time i lived through them those those schools were not going to be just blown up half the world and we're looking at and saying wow it's surprising that the u.s. education system is so good as the rest of the world is rebuil
w. bush and eliminated funding for president obama's top education program program the race to the top but they quadrupled funding for abstinence only education why is it that the republicans are against paying for science teachers and and in favor of pain for abstinence education which doesn't even work i don't get out of you know the solution every time i see this debated you know this is every couple years oh look at the test scores look at this look at the performance of these schools the...
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bush tried to push through? it is not. it is not different from what george w. bush tried to push through. lower taxes, fewer regulations, more domestic energy production, promises of deficit reduction that are overwhelmed by increased defense spending and tax revenues and panting rhetoric about economic freedom pretty much defined the bush administration's economic policy. and how did that economic policy work out? it was a disaster. this graph is by david leanhart of "the new york times." it looks at five-year growth periods since 1955. the two periods that span the bush years, '01 to '05 and '06 to 2010, they come in dead last. the jobs picture wasn't any better. this graph from the center for american progress compares job growth under bush's business cycle with job growth under the preceding cycles and gives bush a handicap. doesn't count '08 when the financial crisis and recession began, but even when the handicap, the bush years performed poorly. see that on the right, they are the small bars. note the graph again. it ends before the financial crisis. a f
bush tried to push through? it is not. it is not different from what george w. bush tried to push through. lower taxes, fewer regulations, more domestic energy production, promises of deficit reduction that are overwhelmed by increased defense spending and tax revenues and panting rhetoric about economic freedom pretty much defined the bush administration's economic policy. and how did that economic policy work out? it was a disaster. this graph is by david leanhart of "the new york...
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and it happened obviously with george w. bush in 2000 on the eve of that election in 2000, a close race it was revealed that he had been arrested for drunk driving, convicted 24 years earlier. and it became a problem. mitt romney, they've done this with mitt romney. not that there is anything of a criminal nature in his background. he made the decision he is not going to reveal. i mean nobody has ever run for president with a swiss bank account. i mean steve forbes did but-- . >> woodruff: but again you're referring to the tax return. >> ed tax returns, i just think it's all of a piece and i just think it's a problem. mitt romney should not be on the defensive, he's on its defensive. >> the response on bain in particular is easy but it's not politically popular, which is bain invested in companies that added jobs and expanded, invested in companies that reduced labor costs, by outsourcing, both domestic and international and invested in companies that closed and fired a lot of people. you know, that if you are disturbed by t
and it happened obviously with george w. bush in 2000 on the eve of that election in 2000, a close race it was revealed that he had been arrested for drunk driving, convicted 24 years earlier. and it became a problem. mitt romney, they've done this with mitt romney. not that there is anything of a criminal nature in his background. he made the decision he is not going to reveal. i mean nobody has ever run for president with a swiss bank account. i mean steve forbes did but-- . >>...
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as witnessed buckley's description of george w. bush. "he is conservative, buckley told an interviewer, but he is not a conservative." in other words, he didn't get it. in recent years, there have emerged or re-emerged folks that we call paleoconservatives, national defense conservatives, social and religious conservatives, constitutional conservatives, big government conservatives, and neoconservatives. all trying and fighting for the right to redefine and lead the movement buckley called into being. reminding one of the time that al gore campaigning in milwaukee mistranslated e pluribus unum as out of one many. a few years ago, at the conservative political action conference that mallory mentioned earlier, we honored bill's brother jim and former minnesota senator eugene mccarthy for their 1947 challenge to that era's campaign finance reform. in responding to the toasts, the liberal gene mccarthy stood up and said, you conservatives have had a good run but you are in trouble. because i keep hearing talk of hyphenated conservatives. tha
as witnessed buckley's description of george w. bush. "he is conservative, buckley told an interviewer, but he is not a conservative." in other words, he didn't get it. in recent years, there have emerged or re-emerged folks that we call paleoconservatives, national defense conservatives, social and religious conservatives, constitutional conservatives, big government conservatives, and neoconservatives. all trying and fighting for the right to redefine and lead the movement buckley...
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remember, george w. bush ran for president as opposed to what they call nation building which is part of what that's all about. and it was after 9/11 that he was sold on the idea that -- i remember the -- if you remember the line that you often hear, we have to do that because democracies don't make war on each other. and my response was, what about pennsylvania and virginia in 1861? you know what i mean? that has little to do with it in reality. so those are important fights that are taking place, but as buckley would say, if he looked at that, those are fights on the margin because the core of the republican party would fit in with this fusionist kind of view. i mean, if you asked rick santorum, he'd agree with ron paul on more things than he disagrees with him on. >> you
remember, george w. bush ran for president as opposed to what they call nation building which is part of what that's all about. and it was after 9/11 that he was sold on the idea that -- i remember the -- if you remember the line that you often hear, we have to do that because democracies don't make war on each other. and my response was, what about pennsylvania and virginia in 1861? you know what i mean? that has little to do with it in reality. so those are important fights that are taking...
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she knows the stuff. >> when george w. bush was in the same position in the polls barack obama was in -- >> that's not true, keith. >> it's not true. >> the polls are virtually identical. look at clear politics averages. i don't know what poll you are looking at. >> here's the difference -- >> uh i think you are right about the same position in 2004. >> 2004. >> here's what's different. the economy was doing very well for bush. >> right. >> from the middle of 2003 basically to the end of 2007. the bush tax cuts all kicked in. he had a lot of job creation. he created eight and a half million jobs. when george w. ran in 2004 he had a good economy with him. barack obama does not. i see that as a very substantive difference. >> two problems with that. first of all, people understand that barack obama didn't create the economic conditions we a have, george w. bush did. second, this president has been leading us in terms of creating real issues here. whereas mitt romney has basically offered nothing in terms of specifics on what
she knows the stuff. >> when george w. bush was in the same position in the polls barack obama was in -- >> that's not true, keith. >> it's not true. >> the polls are virtually identical. look at clear politics averages. i don't know what poll you are looking at. >> here's the difference -- >> uh i think you are right about the same position in 2004. >> 2004. >> here's what's different. the economy was doing very well for bush. >> right....
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he helped nurture george w. bush and help him get elected. governor of texas, then was beyond his presidential election as well. he is very, very strong in the texas energy industry, knows many wealthy people there. he is, by all accounts, a terrific fund-raiser. and someone -- wealthy people enjoy talking about politics with him. this is not a science. this is an art. it is a question of personal relationships. karl rove is very skilled and those things. >> what about his relationship with romney? >> they have no long history of friendship or alliance. but karl rove has become basically the embodiment of the establishment of republican party in the same way that romney is sort of the alternative to the tea party, rove is the alternative. rove basically helped push the tea party candidates to one side. he was important in 2010, 2011 criticizing people like michelle bachmann, herman cain, and basically helping us sort out the republican field so that romney could emerge. and this is because karl rove and his allies saw romney as the most elect
he helped nurture george w. bush and help him get elected. governor of texas, then was beyond his presidential election as well. he is very, very strong in the texas energy industry, knows many wealthy people there. he is, by all accounts, a terrific fund-raiser. and someone -- wealthy people enjoy talking about politics with him. this is not a science. this is an art. it is a question of personal relationships. karl rove is very skilled and those things. >> what about his relationship...
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. >>> and speaking out, it turns out that former president george w. bush and form h.w. bush will both miss the convention. they both decided to skip and one cites health reasons. >>> massachusetts is being considered as the keynote speaker at the democratic convention in september. >>> and "newsday" is reporting that the rental apartment that president obama lived in while studying in columbia, new york, in 1981 is up for grabs. the president paid $360 in rent. well, the price now is $2400. yep. >>> and in a speech event someday louisiana's president hugo chavez calls the capitalist elite like mitt romney. he says deep down he's a good guy. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street will kickoff the day. the saw opens as 12,822. the s&p tumbled 13 and the nasdaq plunged 40. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei shot down 161 points while in hong kong the hang seng plummeted 587. >>> so far earning season has been much better than expected but this week reports from three big com
. >>> and speaking out, it turns out that former president george w. bush and form h.w. bush will both miss the convention. they both decided to skip and one cites health reasons. >>> massachusetts is being considered as the keynote speaker at the democratic convention in september. >>> and "newsday" is reporting that the rental apartment that president obama lived in while studying in columbia, new york, in 1981 is up for grabs. the president paid $360 in...
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but the top marginal rate was 39 when president george w. bush came in. cut to 35. i think if we get good deficit reduction, bringing it to 35, i think that helps the economy. >> greta: looking at that and i want to talk to you about health care. but i am curious about the tax question, i see it in the health care and the tax are targeted at a certain economic strat a. i am curious, how much additional revenue -- if you know -- will be in the treasury if the taxes go up as to people who make $250 thrnd or more i. income tax or the health care? >> greta: income. >> the income over a 10- >> greta: one-year period? >> with 10, it's $3... $150 billion for one year. >> greta: one year. i did a little research. that's about -- it costs $10 billion a day to run the federal government. so that's a 15-day, you are asking for 15 days. >> it's a drop in the bucket. here's some other things. we should find a way to fairly restrain entitlement spending, this is a personal view. i think that medicare benefits should not vest until later for younger workers, i would say that if a
but the top marginal rate was 39 when president george w. bush came in. cut to 35. i think if we get good deficit reduction, bringing it to 35, i think that helps the economy. >> greta: looking at that and i want to talk to you about health care. but i am curious about the tax question, i see it in the health care and the tax are targeted at a certain economic strat a. i am curious, how much additional revenue -- if you know -- will be in the treasury if the taxes go up as to people who...
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romney called cheney a great american leader but did not mention former president george w. bush. pent state officials concealed critical facts instead of protecting young boys. that's the scathing conclusion of an eight-month inquiry into the jerry sandusky scandal. >> reporter: former fbi director louis freeh said it was fear of bad publicity which kept officials from revealing details to the public regarding jerry sandusky's contact with young boys. >> the most powerful men at penn state failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children sandusky victimized. >> reporter: the report pored over documents. freeh blasted former president graham spanier, athletic director tim curly, vice president gary schultz and paterno for l inaction. >> nobody even spoke to sandusky. not one of those four persons, including the coach, who was a few steps away from his office. there's no end case anybody spoke to him. >> reporter: throughout the investigation all have denied knowing the full extent of sandusky's actions up. >> should know our hearts remain heavy and we are deeply asham
romney called cheney a great american leader but did not mention former president george w. bush. pent state officials concealed critical facts instead of protecting young boys. that's the scathing conclusion of an eight-month inquiry into the jerry sandusky scandal. >> reporter: former fbi director louis freeh said it was fear of bad publicity which kept officials from revealing details to the public regarding jerry sandusky's contact with young boys. >> the most powerful men at...
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george w. bush had challengers. john mccain, on the left of him. deep forbes decided to not be the right-wing menace. mitt romney, unlike many other candidates, which faced far more verlyn challengers sucking up delegates and growth in pockets, none of them could ever win by that. but they all did challenges and there were some weak planning that no one expected. i am certain that nobody expected they would have to come out and condemn contraception. i don't think he wanted to go as far as he did as endorsing congressman paul ryan. but when you are facing michele bachmann and sir palen and newt gingrich, and senator santorum, you have a hard time finding room for a person. if i think he made one mistake, nobody likes to be told vote for me because i can win even if you don't really like me. nobody likes to be told, vote for the lowest common denominator because you have no other winner. but that is some of what he ended up with. even though he has a very smart team around him. over there? wait for the microphone boom. >> it is interesting that the
george w. bush had challengers. john mccain, on the left of him. deep forbes decided to not be the right-wing menace. mitt romney, unlike many other candidates, which faced far more verlyn challengers sucking up delegates and growth in pockets, none of them could ever win by that. but they all did challenges and there were some weak planning that no one expected. i am certain that nobody expected they would have to come out and condemn contraception. i don't think he wanted to go as far as he...
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. >>> in "parade" magazine, former president, george w. bush, said he doesn't like the rigidity of the anti-tax pledge, grover norquist has convinced republicans to sign. in a response, norquist, in a "huffington post" interview referenced bush's infamous quote -- read my lips, no new taxes. said people don't like when politicians lie to them. >>> the tampa bay "times" reports that debra wasserman schultz said she is thinking of running for governor in 2014. >>> jill stein will be running against mitt romney again, and president obama for the first time as the 2012 green party presidential candidate. in 2002, stein was one of the candidates running against romney when he was elected massachusetts governor. >>> politico reporting presidential candidate ron paul suffered a big setback at this weekend's nebraska republican convention. he didn't get a plurality of delegate slots, which means paul's name will not be officially nominated at the gop convention in tampa next month. and "newsweek" says former alaska sarah palin with no role at the
. >>> in "parade" magazine, former president, george w. bush, said he doesn't like the rigidity of the anti-tax pledge, grover norquist has convinced republicans to sign. in a response, norquist, in a "huffington post" interview referenced bush's infamous quote -- read my lips, no new taxes. said people don't like when politicians lie to them. >>> the tampa bay "times" reports that debra wasserman schultz said she is thinking of running for...
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george w. bush had challengers. john mccain on the left of him. steve forbes decided to be haven not be the right wing minutes he had been. so mitt romney, unlike many other kennett's was faced with far more virulent challenges sucking out delegates in the votes and pockets. none of them could never win. they all did things that probably -- i'm not sure, but i suspect there was some week planning that nobody expected. i'm certain nobody expected it would have to come out and condemned contraception on the way to the nomination. i don't think he wanted to go as far as he did to endorsing congressman ryan and some of the others. when you're facing michele bachmann and newt gingrich and sarah palin and didn't have to run scared you will have a hard time finding room. if i can -- the fed thinking made one mistake, nobody likes to be told vote for me because i can win even if she go with let me. that some of what he ended up with even though he has a very smart teams around and. wait for the boom to drop. >> interesting point that the process is not wa
george w. bush had challengers. john mccain on the left of him. steve forbes decided to be haven not be the right wing minutes he had been. so mitt romney, unlike many other kennett's was faced with far more virulent challenges sucking out delegates in the votes and pockets. none of them could never win. they all did things that probably -- i'm not sure, but i suspect there was some week planning that nobody expected. i'm certain nobody expected it would have to come out and condemned...
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w. dan? >> reporter: diane, good evening. tonight, we are learning that before james holmes allegedly carried out his attack and ended up,the jail behind me. he may have railed out a road map to the massacre. tonight, abc news has learned a notebook believed to be written by the suspect, james holmes, was mailed to the university of colorado, where holmes had been a student, until dropping out last month. fox news is reporting the notebook was mailed to a sigh can i tryst at the university and that it contains, quote, full details about how he was going to kill people. drawings of what he was going to do in it. drawings and illustrations. there are conflicting reports on whether the notebook arrived at the university before or after the massacre. but it apparently wasn't found until monday, during a search of the mail room. this, of course, raises questions about whether if the package had been found before last thursday, the carnage could have been avoided. the university will not confi
w. dan? >> reporter: diane, good evening. tonight, we are learning that before james holmes allegedly carried out his attack and ended up,the jail behind me. he may have railed out a road map to the massacre. tonight, abc news has learned a notebook believed to be written by the suspect, james holmes, was mailed to the university of colorado, where holmes had been a student, until dropping out last month. fox news is reporting the notebook was mailed to a sigh can i tryst at the...
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reminds me it didn't work -- actually work quite well for george h. w. bush, attacking michael dukakis' jobs record in massachusetts saying he claimed there was a massachusetts miracle, it wasn't living up to -- to -- to the numbers. same things with bain capital here. if he is running as somebody who create jobs, we found real humans who lost their jobs because of decisions he made. make it so people don't trust him to build the economy and then they are given a choice for president they are toll rating and somebody who can't be trusted to reverse the trend. >> so okay, i want to pick up with something it is kind of an x factor that few people are talking about. you, dave, have in a recent post how the third party can have a major impact even with just a few votes. you cite the elections with both al gore and john mccain. talk about that and how third party candidates can swing the electoral college. >> well, if we are looking at an election where the incumbent is trying to disqualify the challenger, part of that -- people are just going to be dissatisf
reminds me it didn't work -- actually work quite well for george h. w. bush, attacking michael dukakis' jobs record in massachusetts saying he claimed there was a massachusetts miracle, it wasn't living up to -- to -- to the numbers. same things with bain capital here. if he is running as somebody who create jobs, we found real humans who lost their jobs because of decisions he made. make it so people don't trust him to build the economy and then they are given a choice for president they are...
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you certainly because of his position on gay rights, were not a fan of george w. bush. there was the war, two wars, several other issues, to say the least, but you're watching, you write in your book you're watching the state of the union address, you lived in the states on and off, you've had a home in atlanta, you're watching the 2003 state of the union address. tell me about your reactions to watching george w. bush announcing the billions of dollars that he was going to ask for to be appropriated for global aids. >> i remember jumping up and punching the air but also, at the same time, feeling that i swallowed a boiled egg. i couldn't believe it. it was just a wonderful, again, a pivotal turning point in the treatment of aids people throughout the world. and when i got my kennedy center honor and spent some time with him and rumsfeld and condoleezza rice and colin powell backstage at the interval of the concert, we had a wonderful ten minutes of conversation. he was very informed about aids. i wasn't on the same political, you know, page as him. i didn't agree with
you certainly because of his position on gay rights, were not a fan of george w. bush. there was the war, two wars, several other issues, to say the least, but you're watching, you write in your book you're watching the state of the union address, you lived in the states on and off, you've had a home in atlanta, you're watching the 2003 state of the union address. tell me about your reactions to watching george w. bush announcing the billions of dollars that he was going to ask for to be...
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w. he was an advisor vi cahegdab saawi sodydhau isrm >> this is the very discussion. but this movie, very interesting, and i want to make a point here and the point here is, thereere of pe to tidibica mive shn saudi arabia collaborating with terrorism. 50% were otherwise. nale -el, those ii as a qti let's be honest about it, do you see anything like a movie now in hollywood about saudi arabia? udabtrthut terrorism, ri fcceye at jews at beginning of history or any of that? i don't think that can be a movie like that. i'll tell you why. because there is a trend now and that myth roia per met ama on t y, we were anti-arab and it was the case. we were anti-muslim but now we are going, all the way to the othei t se oecty ern' rme ac iesf tng the truth is what is happening. whether the truth is this or that but telling thetruth can't be camouflaged under otfoninfiiv nd d s y myie a onring groups and all that? i said look, gat for me to go to these places now people in israel will say, look it
w. he was an advisor vi cahegdab saawi sodydhau isrm >> this is the very discussion. but this movie, very interesting, and i want to make a point here and the point here is, thereere of pe to tidibica mive shn saudi arabia collaborating with terrorism. 50% were otherwise. nale -el, those ii as a qti let's be honest about it, do you see anything like a movie now in hollywood about saudi arabia? udabtrthut terrorism, ri fcceye at jews at beginning of history or any of that? i don't think...
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w. bush isn't there a problem with money corrupting our politics particularly international money well first of all you say that is if their laws have been changed and it's ok for terrorists or other kinds of illegals to participate in our legal system and our political says what it is that's not true but that those restrictions have been lifted they still exist the only question you're raising is what further steps ought to be made to make sure that what we say is the law is actually happening but there's no as i just want to know and as. giving the money to karl rove cajuns it's a legal it's perfectly legal that's why if it's a five a one c. for the he is one of them and i think made it terrorist list and he's not allow tell him him explicitly well you know it is so so let's say that somebody was on the terrorist list on or the broader point and this is the point i've said to you in several occasions it's this retaliation and reprisal technique that progressives have been using against
w. bush isn't there a problem with money corrupting our politics particularly international money well first of all you say that is if their laws have been changed and it's ok for terrorists or other kinds of illegals to participate in our legal system and our political says what it is that's not true but that those restrictions have been lifted they still exist the only question you're raising is what further steps ought to be made to make sure that what we say is the law is actually happening...
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w. thanks for being with us. see you again monday at 7:00 eastern. have a great weekend. >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the man with the golden gaffe. mitt romney spent the last 24 hours in london trying to repair the damage done to his campaign after suggesting the british weren't ready for the olympics. >> after being here a couple of days it looks like london is ready. >> these games, great weather. enthusiasm on the part of the people here in london. i think you're going to see terrific games. >> i'm delighted with the prospects of a highly successful olympic games. >> romney is delighted by the games. he thinks london is ready. really he does. but the british press isn't buying pit "the daily mail" said quote, romney completes humiliating u-turn in new charm offensive after olympic gaffe. and bbc are wondering if the woes will hurt him at home. and the sun says merely mitt the twit. and on british tv, the coverage, well it's just been brutal. >> to
w. thanks for being with us. see you again monday at 7:00 eastern. have a great weekend. >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the man with the golden gaffe. mitt romney spent the last 24 hours in london trying to repair the damage done to his campaign after suggesting the british weren't ready for the olympics. >> after being here a couple of days it looks like london is ready. >> these games, great weather. enthusiasm on the part of...
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w. getting called out in front of 60,000 people, that's got to hurt. back here at home, republicans have been forced to admit things haven't gone so well for romney across the pond. >> got stuck making a comment that the brits took as an insult. he walked it back pretty quickly, but nonetheless the damage was done. >> when romney answered and that question is unbelievable. it's beyond human understanding. i'm out of adjectives. all the man has to do is say nothing. >> republicans just wanted romney to say nothing. well, he's been good at that so far. he said nothing about his tax returns. he said nothing about his actual policies. he said nothing about what he would do as president. yet he goes to england and promptly insults the country. and it's not the first time. in his 2010 book "no apology" romney said quote, england is just a small island. its roads and houses are small with few exceptions. it doesn't make things that people in the rest of the world want to buy. apparently the peo
w. getting called out in front of 60,000 people, that's got to hurt. back here at home, republicans have been forced to admit things haven't gone so well for romney across the pond. >> got stuck making a comment that the brits took as an insult. he walked it back pretty quickly, but nonetheless the damage was done. >> when romney answered and that question is unbelievable. it's beyond human understanding. i'm out of adjectives. all the man has to do is say nothing. >>...
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and they will put him in the pocket with george w. bush. >> right. >> and, you know, that's not where you want to be. >> certainly not. and there has been recent focus surrounding mitt romney and joe, i think it is fair to say that this is a repeat. round three of the bush presidency. and the foreign policy is stock full of neo-cons who will take us back and fight wars here and there. where is the sense of new vision? >> there doesn't necessarily have to be. romney is running a campaign that is very much stealth, talking about issues in a vague kind of way. as governor of massachusetts he doesn't necessarily have a whole lot of experience, so he brings old hands from the bush administration which had a wonderful foreign policy -- being sarcastic there. >> oh yeah. >> you are talk about john bolton who famously talking about lopping off the top floors of the united nations, and kofer black who is one of the top haunches of the cia before september 11th. and he was also vp of black water. if that's your all-star team then you have serio
and they will put him in the pocket with george w. bush. >> right. >> and, you know, that's not where you want to be. >> certainly not. and there has been recent focus surrounding mitt romney and joe, i think it is fair to say that this is a repeat. round three of the bush presidency. and the foreign policy is stock full of neo-cons who will take us back and fight wars here and there. where is the sense of new vision? >> there doesn't necessarily have to be. romney is...
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bush, and george w. bush administrations, first as special assistant to the president and deputy to the chief of staff, and in the white house as assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs. his many diplomatic posts have included ambassador to the united nations offices in geneva, system secretary of state for international organization affairs, and most recently, as president george w. bush's special envoy to sudan. he is also a longtime member and i think now vice chairman of the board of directors of the international republican institute. so, we are very glad to welcome both rich and michele to this podium. brookings prides itself on being a nonpartisan think-tank and it is in that context that we are hosting this event today. our moderator is a guest scholar at brookings and former chief diplomatic correspondent for cbs and nbc news, former anchor of the nbc "meet the press" program, and also most recently of the haunting legacy. marvin kalb and it's my pleasure to hand over the podium
bush, and george w. bush administrations, first as special assistant to the president and deputy to the chief of staff, and in the white house as assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs. his many diplomatic posts have included ambassador to the united nations offices in geneva, system secretary of state for international organization affairs, and most recently, as president george w. bush's special envoy to sudan. he is also a longtime member and i think now vice chairman of...
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bush institute jim glassman, george w. bush institute out with its first book "the 4% solution" unleashing the economic growth america needs. we'll talk about that in one minute you brought a sign with you dave walker. www.10 million a minute.com. it's not the debt clock. if you add the total liabilities and unfunded promises for social security when we roll the tour, 70, 410, 400, 000, 000. the u.s. in the hole $70 trillion. the debt clock doesn't take it all in, the unfunded social security mandate, unfunded medicare mandate. >> it doesn't take it unfunded pensions, retiree health care for civilians and military, the things that governor scott walker had to deal with. the real problem at the federal, state and local level not what's on the ballot sheet, it's what's off the balance sheet. we have huge promises that need to be restructured and outdated tax system -- >> we've been talking about this for years. in 2004 after i wrote a book in 2004, actually criticizing george w. bush and democrats for not doing what they nee
bush institute jim glassman, george w. bush institute out with its first book "the 4% solution" unleashing the economic growth america needs. we'll talk about that in one minute you brought a sign with you dave walker. www.10 million a minute.com. it's not the debt clock. if you add the total liabilities and unfunded promises for social security when we roll the tour, 70, 410, 400, 000, 000. the u.s. in the hole $70 trillion. the debt clock doesn't take it all in, the unfunded social...
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by the way, yes, the bust of winston churchill was in the oval office during the term of george w. bush. barack obama replaced it with a bust of martin luther king, jr. jesus mitt romney where does your loyalty lie? yeah let's put mlk in the back of the bus and put winston churchill right up front. god, romney. and then he gives this interview with brian williams where he asks do you think the brits are off to pulling off the olympics. >> do they look ready to your experienced eye. >> it's hard to know just how well it will turn out. there were a few things disconcerting about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials -- >> oh, this is great. this is great. go to england and dump all over the brits. go there for the olympics and say it looks like it is going to be a total bust. it's hard to say how it will turn out. he didn't make any friends among the brits. >> if you go through all of his mistakes yesterday he is george w. bush. >> no, bush was smooth compared to romney. so i tell you the prime minister really
by the way, yes, the bust of winston churchill was in the oval office during the term of george w. bush. barack obama replaced it with a bust of martin luther king, jr. jesus mitt romney where does your loyalty lie? yeah let's put mlk in the back of the bus and put winston churchill right up front. god, romney. and then he gives this interview with brian williams where he asks do you think the brits are off to pulling off the olympics. >> do they look ready to your experienced eye....
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. >> stephanie: michelle, i was having a george w. bush flashback with mitt romney, a string of gaffes and bluster and all of this stuff. from the bush administration. >> it is true. when you look at his foreign policy advisers, 17 of the 24 who are listed on his campaign site were bush officials. and a lot of his rhetoric, when he does lay out a position is sort of harking back to the policies that we saw and i think in many cases failed in the bush administration. >> stephanie: the bush years we all remember so warmly. michele, thank you for your time this morning. hope to talk to you again as the campaign rolls along. there she goes, michele flournoy >> he criticized islamic countries for voting in islamic leaders. >> stephanie: how dare they. >> mormon elders? >> stephanie: wow! is there anyone he hasn't pissed off this week? [ applause ] >> comparing the -- the gdp between israel and palestine. palestine is being occupied by israel. >> stephanie: all right. more stinky poor people to him. okay. 58 minutes after the hour. right ba
. >> stephanie: michelle, i was having a george w. bush flashback with mitt romney, a string of gaffes and bluster and all of this stuff. from the bush administration. >> it is true. when you look at his foreign policy advisers, 17 of the 24 who are listed on his campaign site were bush officials. and a lot of his rhetoric, when he does lay out a position is sort of harking back to the policies that we saw and i think in many cases failed in the bush administration. >>...
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. >> eliot: kind of how george w. bush reacted to the meltdown in '08, a blank look as if i should i take note. >> an anomaly but not paying attention. >> eliot: matt taibbi, thank you as always for your time. steven colbert can make mitt romney's trip to israel as successful as his trip to england. view finder up next. rupert murdoch's phone-hacking scan l. admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next [ male announcer ] the inventors of twix had a falling out, so the production of twix was divided between two separate factories. left twix factory cascades caramel and chocolate onto cookie, while right twix factory flows caramel and chocolate onto cookie. today they share nothing but a wrapper and a driveway. try both and pick a side. i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on yo
. >> eliot: kind of how george w. bush reacted to the meltdown in '08, a blank look as if i should i take note. >> an anomaly but not paying attention. >> eliot: matt taibbi, thank you as always for your time. steven colbert can make mitt romney's trip to israel as successful as his trip to england. view finder up next. rupert murdoch's phone-hacking scan l. admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely....
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w. not even the mighty mississippi is immune. water levels are so low on the river, some of the ports are being closed. raising concerns about higher food and gas prices that could affect all of us. the lack of rain killing cracks, crabbing topsoil and devastating livestock farms. maria, i hope they'll get relief soon. >> unfortunately, we're not expecting rainfall across the center of the country where we really need the rainfall any time soon. we're expecting dry conditions for today and on top of that, we're also talking about an extreme heat wave that's ongoing across parts of the central plains and not a good combination. pretty much most of the country is experiencing dry conditions. we have dry conditions from parts of upstate new york you will the way west into parts of california, ev portions of oregon and the state of washington. so 80% of the u.s. is abnormally dry now. 46% of the u.s. is currently if a severe drought which is pretty much the largest area in drought since basi
w. not even the mighty mississippi is immune. water levels are so low on the river, some of the ports are being closed. raising concerns about higher food and gas prices that could affect all of us. the lack of rain killing cracks, crabbing topsoil and devastating livestock farms. maria, i hope they'll get relief soon. >> unfortunately, we're not expecting rainfall across the center of the country where we really need the rainfall any time soon. we're expecting dry conditions for today...